Prior research has shown that the maturity structure of a country’s externalliabilities gets longer as a result of capital controls.
先前的研究一直表明,由于资本控制,一国的外债到期结构可以延续较长的时间。
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Since then it has narrowed, helped by sterling's fall (almost all of Britain's external assets are in foreign currency but only around 60% of its liabilities).